Water-closet disinfectant-holder.



D; A. BROWN.

WA 01. T DISINFECTANT HOLDER.

L10 N FILED 0O'1'.'24, 1914.

1,129,066. Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

DAVID A. BROWN, 01? WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-CLOSET DI$INFECTANT-HOLDER.

Application filed October 24, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at "Woodbridge, in the county of MiddleseX and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Closet Disinfectant Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water closet dis infectant holders, for supporting bodies of disinfecting and cleansing materials in water closets and urinals or the like, in the path of the flushing water.

This invention belongs also to that class or type of holders that are arranged immediately beneath the rims of the water closet bowls, and are held in position by their elasticity, form, or attached supports, and, it is an object of this invention to sup port the disinfectant in such manner that its outer surface, that is to say, the surface acted upon by the flushing water, is entirely and directly exposed to the water, which does not have to pass through a cage-like structure commonly employed to hold the bodies of the disinfectant.

It is also an object of this invention to produce a holder in its simplest as well as in its cheapest form.

In accomplishing the objects and carrying out this invention, the bodies of the disinfectant are formed with openings or perforations, and a rod or wire is passed through the openings. The rod is provided with terminals and intermediate spacing or supporting members, as hereinafter set forth.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a water closet bowl, a portion of the upper part of which is broken away to disclose this invention and its position. A portion of this invention is also broken away in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a side view of this invention detached, partly sectional and approximately full size, showing the removable and fixed end pieces or terminals, and the intermediate spacing and supporting cylinders. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the rim of a water closet bowl, to show the position of the rod, the disinfectant disk thereon, and one of the intermediate cylinders, and indicating the course of the flushing water with respect to the disinfectant disk. The scale of drawing in Fig. 8 is somewhat enlarged. Fig. l is a horizontal section of a water closet bowl just below the rim, and shows this invention Specification of Letters Eaten-t.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Serial No. 868,374..

in place therein. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a modification of this invention used in urinals.

Throughout the description and drawings the same letter is used to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, the bowl A has the customary rim a within which is formed a water channel B, having an opening or openings 2) directed into the bowl.

On the red C, are arranged the tablets or disks of disinfectant materials I). Each tablet has a perforation or opening 0, through which the rod passes. The cylindrical members referred to by the letter (Z are the intermediate or spacing members. Similar cylinders E and e are employed as terminals and located at the extremities of the rod to prevent the disks D from slipping off the ends of the rod. One of the terminal members, E, is removable, and the other may be fixed to the end of the rod C. The intermediate and terminal cylinders are made of glazed earthenware, and provided wictlh suitable holes forthe passage of the ro In carrying out this invention there may be used either a bendable metal rod such as that shown, or, the rod may be of spring steel. If the rod is not particularly resilient, it is ordinarily larger than an elastic steel rod or wire for the same situation. In practice, the rod is japanned, or other wise coated, to prevent rust or the effect of chemical action due to the water. The rod may be'of any chosen length, and the series of disinfectant disks may comprise any number. This'invention may be of such length if desired to extend nearly around the inside of the bowl A as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The modification set out in Fig. 5 is intended for use in urinals. It comprises the earthenware side bars F and f, which have an external vitrified coating, and the bars are connected by the rods G and g. It will be noted that the rod G extends only a short distance into the bar F, while the rod 9, ordinarily the middle one, passes through the bar F and is provided on the outside thereof with the thumbscrew H. If the thumbscrew is taken off, the bar F may be removed, and the ends of all the rods exposed. The other ends of the rods are connected permanently with the bar f. The ends of the rods being exposed, the cylinders J of disinfectant material, or the blocks j of the same material, or both cylinders and blocks may be slipped upon the rods, and the bar F and thumbscrew H replaced to retain the bodies of disinfectant in position. The series of disinfectant bodies shown in Fig. 5 are deposited in urinals in the customary way. The flushing water continually dissolves the bodies and exposes fresh surfaces.

The operation of the preferred form of this invention is best understood from Fig. 3. It will be observed in that figure that the glazed disk (Z, being somewhat larger in diameter than the disinfectant tablet D, prevents the latter from coming into contact with the interior of the bowl A. It is also shown that theperforation or opening 0 through the tablet D is larger than the rod, thereby enabling the tablet D to be easily turned upon the rod. The flushing water from the channel B issuing by way of the opening 6, takes the general direction of the arrow, and the tablet or disk of disinfectant material is rotated more or less upon the rod. Thus, it is thought to be clear, the material will be dissolved all around and over the external surface of each tablet D.

Having now described this invention and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is 1. In a water closet disinfectant holder, the combination with a bowl, of a rod arranged substantially horizontally within the bowl, a plurality of disinfectant bodies placed side-by-side and each having an opening through it, the said rod passing through the openings in the said bodies and supporting the bodies in the bowl, and means connected with the rod and constructed to support the rod in the bowl.

2. In a water closet disinfectant holder, the combination with a bowl, of a rod arranged substantially horizontally within the bowl, a. plurality of disinfectant bodies placed side-by-side and each having an opening through it, the said rod being smaller in diameter than the openings through the said bodies, the said rod passing through the openings in the bodies and supporting the bodies rotatively in the bowl, and means attached to the rod to support the rod in the bowl and to hold the said bodies out of contact with the bowl.

3. In a water closet disinfectant holder, the combination with a. bowl provided with openings for discharging flushing water into the bowl, of a series of disinfectant bodies placed side-by-side adjacent to the said openings, a rod passing through the disinfectant bodies, the said rod and the said series of bodies being curved to follow the shape of the bowl, and means connected with the rod and constructed to support the rod within the bowl.

i. In a water closet disinfectant holder, the combination with perforated cylindrical disinfectant bodies, of a rod passing through the said bodies, cylinders engaging the ends of the rod, and intermediate cylinders arranged upon the rod, the diameter of the said end and intermediate cylinders being greater than the diameter of the said disinfectant cylinders.

5. In a. water closet disinfecting device, the combination with a bowl having openings for the discharge of flushing water into the bowl, of a series of disinfectant bodies arranged side-by-side in the bowl below said openings, means for supporting each of the bodies rotatively on its axis whereby the bodies are directly exposed to the flushing water, and the said supporting means being bendable to conform to the shape of the interior of the said bowl.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. BROIVN.

Witnesses V M. M. BROWN, ALFRED MAmiowsKY.

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